25 posts tagged ‘Meta’
Elon Musk’s Poisoned Platform
The New Yorker,
Users and advertisers are fleeing X after Musk’s message supporting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. But the platform seems destined to die a slow death.
ChatGPT Is Apparently a Great Surveillance Tool
Gizmodo,
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. Read more...
Meta brings us a step closer to AI-generated movies
TechCrunch,
Like “Avengers” director Joe Russo, I’m becoming increasingly convinced that fully AI-generated movies and TV shows will be possible within our lifetimes. A host of AI unveilings over the past few months, in particular OpenAI’s ultra-realistic-sounding text-to-speech engine, have given glimpses into this brave new frontier. But Meta’s announcement today put our AI-generated content future […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Cambridge Dictionary Names ‘Hallucination’ Word of the Year and I’ve Never Felt So Seen
Yesterday, the folks at Cambridge Dictionary named “Hallucination” the word of the year and, Jesus, they really hit the nail on the head. Like, wow. Frankly, this could be the word of the decade, not merely just the last twelve months. By that I mean, the world has gotten so weird lately that I feel like I’ve been… Read more...
Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the American election system — unless you have a credit card, in which case they’re happy to… Read more...
Meta seeks legislation that would require parents to approve teens’ app downloads
Meta wants to shift the burden of monitoring social media usage among teens back to the app stores — and to parents. In a blog post published today, Meta’s Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, argues that parents should be responsible for approving their teen’s app downloads and staked Meta’s position in supporting federal legislation […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Restructures Games Division to Refocus on Prime Gaming, Lays Off 180
Another round of layoffs is underway at Amazon, and for the second time, it’s happening at the company’s video games division. Read more...
Threads now lets users opt out of having their posts appear on Facebook and Instagram
In response to user feedback, Instagram’s Threads will now let users turn off automatic sharing of their Threads posts to other apps, including Instagram and Facebook — a move that had not gone down well with Threads users. Hoping to gain more traction and interest in its Twitter/X rival, Meta in late August began displaying […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.